Down and then up and then down again...

I've played quite a bit of poker over the last two days, which is good cause I won't get to play for the next week or so. The best part was I finished 3rd in a MTT out of 60 for a $66 cash. I lucked my way into it so I'm not complaining. I also managed to lose two $25 buy-in's, one when my JJ got run down by AK and another when my straight got run down by a flush. I also managed to lose a sports bet. It seems everytime I win a sports bet, I lose the next one.

Here is a picture for your entertainment...















I won't likely be posting again until after Christmas.

One of the better days in a while...

The BR at WPEX stands at $306. Quite a nice upturn considering where I've been lately. Some of the upturn is due to TCU thumping Northern Illinois and some of it is due to good fortune at the tables. Started yesterday with $223 and I only won $40 on TCU. The rest came from winning a $11 SNG and a nice run of cards at the NL tables. I played in two $10 MTT and didn't cash in either so I had to overcome that. I'm think Rice will have the opportunity to help the BR on Friday night so ya'll be pull'en for them.

A final table...

For once, I managed to make it into the money on one of WPEX MTT. I finished 9th out of 100 in the nightly $1,000 gtd tourny. I should've done better. I was 5th in chips heading to the final table and donked off my whole stack on a flush and straight draw. Obviously I didn't get there. I raised pretty big after the flop, which had a Q and a 10 plus the 6 of clubs (I had K-J of clubs). My opponent called my large post flop raise with Q-3 and I proceeded to go all in after the turn and got called again and neither the turn nor river helped me. I was out in 9th with a pay out of $35. It costs $10 to enter. On a more positive note, the Colts did cover the spread and earned me a nice $40 profit so the WPEX Br is at $223. I need everyone to pull for TCU tonight. The bet will be small (most likely $30, but I need it anyway).

Sports betting...

I really shouldn't be betting on sports, but I can't help my self. I went 1-2 in sports betting yesterday and that put a crimp in the WPEX bankroll. I think it now stands at $130. I'll be back at it tonight, grinding away and hoping to make a few bucks. I managed to blow through the money I had on FTP so I doubt I'll be playing there anymore. And I'll be out of town for about week around Christmas so there probably won't be much poker played then either.

I did manage to attend a wedding with Sarah on Saturday night. It was one of her friends from Cabot and I actually knew a few people in attendance.

It was a pretty good day...

I won a $20+2 SNG and a $10+1 SNG on WPEX, each for a nice profit and I finished third on in a $5.50 HORSE SNG on Fultilt. It was about the best day I've had in the last month or so. I hope it can continue. The totals are pretty good. I also played in the $1,000 grtd. tourny on WPEX last night. I busted 14th out of 94. Only 9 got paid. I had few good hands in the tourny but WPEX tourny are an all in fest at the end and I didn't win my last one.

Poker is Poker...

I finally got the $56 of rake that Fultilt owed me so I played on there most of last night. I played two HORSE SNG's, one for $5.50 and one for $10+1. Didn't cash in either. I did enjoy playing them though. Then I played varying levels of NL. I currently have $67 in the FTP account so the NL was pretty good to me even though I'm not very good at it. I'm kinda hoping to run it up to around $100 and then move it over to WPEX.

I played on WPEX for a few minutes yesterday. Long enough to win a $10 SNG and lose about $4 in NL. I think the WPEX account has $91. It was about as much of an uneventful day as I can remember poker wise.

About three weeks ago, Sarah and I went to Las Vegas for a few days. We didn't do so well gambling, but we had a nice time and got a much needed vacation. We also got to meet the founder and lead blogger of Pokerworks.com. Linda Geenen was extremely gracious and gave us a few minutes of her time at the Bellagio Poker room before she took her seat in a 4-8 Limit game. I enjoyed getting to meet her as I have read her blog almost daily for two years now. If you ever get the chance to meet Linda, you won't regret it. She is very friendly. Below is one of the pictures we took in the Bellagio Poker Room. Thanks Linda!

move'n on down...

Didn't do so well yesterday. Dropped more than I should have and, while I wish I could blame it on bad beats, I can mostly only blame it on myself. Bad calls and loose play. It seems every time I'm in a big pot, I'm up against AA. And when I get AA, I rarely get a call. I wonder what that says about me?

It was a down day...

but it could've been worse. I made a couple of bad calls and didn't hit a couple of flush draws so I lost a few pots. I think I was down almost $50 for the day. The "no rake" thing is definately keeping me afloat. In three weeks of play I have received $260 of rake returned to me. And in one of those weeks I only got $13 in rake returned. I'm gonna keep on keep'en on til I can't keep on no more.

When considering the last few weeks...

This weekend could be termed a huge success. I actually made a withdrawal from WPEX to Neteller. That hasn't happened in a while. And the WPEX account still has money in it. I got a lucky a few times (My 10-10 rivered 3 of a kind to beat KK) and I made a few good calls (6-6 to beat AK with a weak board) and a few bad calls (I had AK, the board was K-Q-7 and my opponent had QQ) but I guess I made more good calls or had more good luck than not. I accumulated $115 in rake for the week which was in my account this morning. It's hard to beat the "no rake" poker room. I love it. I'm a bad player but no rake it going to keep me in the game a lot longer.

I was also 1-1 in sports betting this weekend (stupid Cowboys).

a break even day, FInally...

I didn't really win anything yesterday, but I didn't lose anything either. It was the first day in a while where I didn' t end up in the negative. I did manage to break even while enduring one seriously bad beat. My QQ was beaten when my opponent, who had JJ, flopped a J. GG me. I'm pretty much used to it now. Onward I trudge, hoping to break out of this streak and actually win a few hands for a change.

Still not going well...

I can't decide if I am in the middle of a horrendous downswing or if I am just a really bad poker player. Two hands from yesterday leave me really confused. The first hand: I have KK in the hole. There is one raiser in front of me. I reraise him to let him know I have a strong hand. One guy behind me goes all in for less than I have. The origional raiser folds. The person behind me who goes all in flips over 10-3 of hearts. He turns a straight and rakes the pot. Is this a bad beat or a bad play on my part? The second hand: I have 6-8 of hearts and limp into the pot as do three others. The flop is 5-7-9. I flopped a straight. The turn is a K. leaving me heads up against one opponent. He goes all in and I call. He flips over K-7 for two pair. The river is a 7. GG me. I'm not sure what else I could've or should've done in either of these situations. It is very frustrating to continually get beaten at the river. I hope it turns around soon as I will not be putting any of my money into the game. I'm still playing on profit from Pokerroom but at this point, it won't last much longer.

The rake came in...

I got my $140 in rake from WPEX yesterday. It was nice to see that money sitting in the account since I was pretty much down to nothing and wasn't going to put any of my money in there. I managed to run that $140 up to a little over $180, mostly by winning a $20+2 SNG but then thru a couple of bad beats and a couple of bad calls I managed to drag it down to $123. I did accumulate $13 in rake in one day and I hope to be able to continue to get at least $10 per day. Plus I have $56 rake coming from Fulltilt.

As bad a player as I am, I am a firm believer in the concept of no rake poker.

even worse than before...

the poker has gone south quickly. I lost another $100 and I also lost about $150 sportsbetting. Not a smart thing to do. Had I not been making the sports bets, the poker would be alive and well. I'm still waiting for my rakeback from FullTilt and I also have nearly $150 of rake coming from WPEX. So I will be playing poker again, I'm just not sure how soon. I've read stories of people going broke several times before finally hitting a nice winning streak. I'm not sure I can hold out long enough for my streak to get here.